seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
upper end; top; tip; top edge
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
to die; (lit.) to become earth
tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing
government office; public office
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
head over heels; headlong; head first
predicament; one's ground; one's position
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
features (e.g. of a product); development chronology
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
contributor (of written material)
out of place artifact; OOPArt
installation (esp. software)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
flipper (of a marine mammal); swim fin; flipper; flipper (pinball); channel surfer
personal water craft; PWC; water scooter
swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; swim bladder; air bladder
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
reverse thrust; retrofiring; sudden mental derangement
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
roller coaster; big dipper